City Crafter Challenge Blog - Book Smart

It's my turn to choose the challenge at City Crafter this week, and I'd like you to make a book, bookmark or anything inspired by a book or by this picture:

For my DT project, I made a bookmark using a ready-made tag. I used stamps from two different My Favorite Things sets and used masking to make a scene. I coloured the images with Promarkers. The word 'books' is Papermania stickers. 

We look forward to seeing your projects for this challenge but please first go over to the blog and see wonderful projects  the rest of the DT have made.

I'd like to enter Just Us Girls . 

Inspirational Challenge - Aperture

At Inkspirational, Kylie has challenges us to use an aperture.

I made this shaker card for my son's 11th birthday , last week. He loves shaker cards and he loves football (soccer) . I tried to make it look like these W plus 9 pandas were goal-keepers - I'm not sure how well that worked, but he liked the card anyway!

We have a fabulous Guest Designer , Jen, so I hope you'll go over to the blog and see what she and the rest of the DT have made, before adding your aperture card.

I'd like to enter:
Shopping Our Stash sport
Double D  sequins
Always Happy Birthday  cas


 

A New Challenge - The Library Challenge

You might have noticed that every year I like to set myself a crafty challenge - last year, I CASED mass-manufactured cards ( called it Pro-Am Showdown)  and in previous years I've tackled my 'Paper Mountain'  and my unused stamps.

I noticed that several blogs closed last year and so I decided that my project this year would be to start my own challenge blog.


Combining my love of reading and papercrafts, I've called it 

The Library Challenge 

Please click on the link to have a look. The first challenge starts Sunday February 18th.

Patterned Valentine

The Valentine's cards just keep on coming! This one just developed organically as I was going along.

I used a big heart-shaped balloon (Avery Elle) , stamped in red ink. Then I masked off the background and stamped it with a big old Judkins harlequin stamp , using the same ink. Then I masked off the heart balloon and stencilled the background using a Tim Holtz stencil. I used a harlequin pattern embossing folder on the card base and designed and cut the sentiment on the Silhouette, colouring it with the same ink I used for the stencilling. Finally I added sequins.

I'd like to enter:
Addicted to Stamps  holiday
Inkspire Me  Valentine
4 Crafty Chicks  Mardi Gras - the Harlequin pattern is used a lot for Mardi Gras costumes/ masks
That's Crafty  heart
Dragonfly Journeys  love

Thunder in my Heart

Here's a Valentine /Love card, inspiredby an old Leo Sayer song, and a few great challenges.

The Eiffel Tower and the heart trio are from MFT 'In Paris' set and the lightning bolt is from MFT 'You're Super'. I printed the sentiment on my pc.

I'd like to enter:
Simply Create  fave colour combo
Challenge up your Life grey and yellow
Use Your Stuff weather
Crafting with dragonflies  valentine

Hearts in a Bell Jar

Since I bought this pile of hearts stamp from Lawn  Fawn, I've had fun thinking of different things to put them in. Here, I've put them in a Flora and Fauna bell jar and them stamped a Lil Inker flower stamp in the background. The 'love' stamp is by Alte New. I coloured the images with pencils (out of the comfort zone here) and added gold Liquid Pearls.

I'd like to enter:

Fab n Funky  Valentines words
Cupcake Inspirations  love
Cards in Envy  love
Try it on Tuesday  love is in the air
Watercooler  feminine

City Crafter Challenge Blog - Light as a Feather

This week. at City Crafter , Kirsty wants us to create a feather on it. 

For my DT project I created a background using powdered pigment paints and then stamped and embossed the feathers (Waffle Flower) .

We look forward to seeing your projects for this challenge but please first go over to the blog and see wonderful projects  the rest of the DT have made.

I'd like to enter:
Country View  anything but cute
Crafty Cardmakers  get messy
Sweet Stampin  anything but birthday

Cool Birthday

Here's a little birthday card I used using a set from Your Next Stamp. I coloured the images with Promarkers except for the ice-cream, which is Liquid Pearl.

I'd like to enter:
Papercraft Challenges pastel colours
Passion for Promarkers  photo
Allsorts  spots and stripes

Gold Balloons with Stripes

I never seem to have enough birthday cards, so I made this one , taking inspiration from some great challenges.

The elephants are a set by Mama Elephant and I coloured them with alcohol markers and the balloons in gold glitter pen. The striped paper is Echo Park and the sentiment is Hero Arts.

I'd like to enter:
Aloha Friday  animal safari
Time Out  photo
Addicted to Stamps  make your mark
Watercooler Challenge  anything goes
Little Red Wagon  birthday balloons

New Nursing Job

My daughter asked me to make a 'new job' card for her friend who's a nurse and is going to work in the 'resuscitation' section.

Ages ago, I created a heart-rate line cutting file, for another project.  Here, I cut it and coloured it with red glitter pen. The plane , coloured with markers and shimmer pen, is Avery Elle, the sentiment is Mama Elephant and the hearts (glitter pen again) are from one of the many sets I have having round.

I'd like to enter:
Casology  swoon - if you swoon you might need your heart-rate monitored!
Global Design Project new beginnings
My Time to Craft  transport
Crafting By Designs  wings